Earlier Friday, the University of Oregon announced that Damyean Dotson, Dominic Artis and Brandon Austin had been dismissed from the team, but athletic director Rob Mullens said Altman would return for his fifth season as UO men's basketball coach.

Ducks beat reporter Andrew Greif will be providing live updates from Altman's news conference, which also will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks and at pac-12.com. Check back here for the latest news beginning at 3 p.m.

Full Altman quote on Dotson: "I think good people can make bad decisions. This obviously was a bad decision."